French Quarter robbery, beating suspect sought: NOPD

Updated on Sep 22, 2017 at 03:39 PM CDT

Surveillance footage shows a man police suspect beat and robbed a Virginia man visiting the French Quarter for a bachelor party on Thursday, September 14, 2017. (Photo released by the New Orleans Police Department)

New Orleans police are searching for a man caught on surveillance camera who is suspected of robbing and beating a 33-year-old Virginia man visiting the
French Quarter
last Thursday (Sept. 14) for a bachelor party. Police released photos Friday afternoon of the suspect captured from surveillance footage.

A closer look at the armed robbery suspect from surveillance footage. (Photos released by the New Orleans Police Department)

Beau Tidwell, a spokesman for the
New Orleans Police Department
, said Tuesday that video evidence showed the victim talking with a man on a bike for at least a block, before the man on the bike hit him in the head from behind with a "short, blunt object." Initial reports from the family said Guin was attacked with a baseball bat, but Tidwell said investigators believe the object was too small to be a bat, based on visual evidence. After the assault, the man took Guin's wallet and phone from his pockets and left, Tidwell said.

Anyone with information on the pictured suspect or incident is asked to contact any NOPD Eighth District detective at 504-658-6719 or 504-658-6080. You may also call Crimestoppers anonymously at 504-822-1111 or toll-free 1-877-903-STOP.